As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Top Gun… Top Gun can best be described as the quintessential 80s summer blockbuster. Filled with high-octane aerial cinematography, an infectiously charming Tom Cruise and one of the most iconic movie soundtracks of all time, Top Gun simply redefined “popcorn cinema” all […]
Exclusive interview – Red Power Ranger Meets Top Gun Legend: Jason Faunt on starring with Tom Skerritt in An Old Friend
Tai Freligh chats with An Old Friend’s Jason Faunt… You may know Jason Faunt best as the iconic Red Ranger from Power Rangers Time Force, but his latest project reveals a powerful new dimension to his craft. In the award-winning short film An Old Friend, Faunt steps into an emotional leading role opposite the legendary […]
Trailer for contemporary western Broke starring Wyatt Russell and Dennis Quaid
Sony Pictures has released a trailer for Broke, the contemporary western from writer-director Carlyle Eubank. Wyatt Russell (Thunderbolts*) stars as True Brandywine, a struggling rodeo rider who is forced to confront his life choices and circumstances when he finds himself fighting for survival after becoming trapped in a blizzard. Joining Russell in the cast are […]
Movie Review – East of the Mountains (2021)
East of the Mountains, 2021. Directed by S.J. Chiro. Starring Tom Skerritt, Mira Sorvino, Annie Gonzalez, Wally Dalton, Jule Johnson, John Paulsen, Nick Sage Palmieri, Diego Collie, Robert Fuentes, Thurman Kellogg, Paul Northcott, and Lauren Du Pree. SYNOPSIS: When retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has terminal cancer, he takes his beloved dog […]
Movie Review – A Hologram For The King (2016)
A Hologram For The King, 2016. Directed by Tom Tykwer. Starring Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, Tom Skerritt and Ben Whishaw. SYNOPSIS: Top flight businessman Alan Clay (Tom Hanks) has fallen on hard times and takes a job with an IT company to recoup his losses. He’s put in charge of the team bidding […]
Movie Review – Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
Memory: The Origins of Alien, 2019. Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe. Starring Tom Skerritt, Diane O’Bannon, Axelle Carolyn, Roger Corman, Veronica Cartwright, Ben Mankiewicz, and Alan Jones. SYNOPSIS: Documentary focusing on how Alien and, more specifically, its central antagonist came into being. Just when you think there is nothing more to be mined from the […]
Movie Review – Lucky (2017)
Lucky, 2017 Directed by John Carroll Lynch. Starring Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, James Darren, Tom Skerritt and Ed Begley Jr. SYNOPSIS: Lucky is elderly and lives alone. When he collapses at home, he realises he has to face up to his inevitable decline and accept it Harry Dean Stanton’s penultimate film is also his […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 1 – Alien (1979)
Alien, 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo receives a distress signal from a nearby planet and while investigating, one of the crew is attacked by a parasite which implants an embryo […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Lucky (2017)
Lucky, 2017. Directed by John Carroll Lynch Starring Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Barry Shabaka Henley, Beth Grant, and Tom Skerritt. SYNOPSIS: The spiritual journey of a ninety-year-old atheist. Late, lamented Hollywood legend Harry Dean Stanton had the sort of face the camera practically keeled over for. Less a visage than an ordnance survey map of […]
